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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Stripe, the payments startup, has raised $245 million in a new round of venture funding, giving the company a valuation of $20 billion. According to the report, the company plans to use the funding to hire more employees for its global engineering team. “We

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JANUARY 20, 2019

Lime and Bird , the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to raise more but at a lower valuation. That is under the $3 billion or higher valuations they were fetching in years past. But with the lower valuations, it appears that business is starting to fray.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

A new funding round for the Stockholm-based FinTech Tink boosted the startup’s valuation over 60 percent to €680 million ($825 million), according to a CNBC report on Friday (Dec. The firm’s valuation is up more than 60 percent from the €415 million it was worth in January, the sources said. 11), citing sources.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Chinese eCommerce and social media startup Xiaohongshu , also known as “Little Red Book,” wants to raise funds at a $6 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg. It’s teamed up with a financial plan adviser to identify possible investors. RED closed a $300 million series D round in 2018 and had a valuation of $3 billion.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Grocery delivery startup Instacart raised an extra $271 million in November, bringing its latest round of funding to $871 million. billion valuation, the publication said. billion valuation, the publication said. Last month, it was revealed that Instacart raised $600 million, giving it a valuation of $7.6

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Fitness startup Peloton is hoping for an $8.2 billion valuation as it goes public, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Sept. billion valuation. billion valuation. The startup sells screen-equipped fitness bikes and treadmills ranging from $2,200 to $4,000 alongside its $40 per month on-demand workouts.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Mobvoi, a China-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, has almost secured funding to value the company at upwards of $1 billion before an initial public offering, according to a report by Bloomberg. The startup has a partnership with Google through its Voice Assistant and Wear operating system. It also comes as the U.S.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Coffee startup Luckin plans to open 2,500 new stores in China this year to overtake Starbucks in the country. Luckin plans to open a total of more than 4,500 stores by the end of 2019, which would overtake Starbucks, which has more than 3,600 stores in the country. The company plans to open another 2,000 stores by 2021.

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Stockholm-based Klarna is believed to have a valuation of about $20 billion in advance of the IPO. Its status as a rising star in Europe’s fintech firmament took it to a valuation of $31 billion in March 2021, increasing to $45.6 The planned listing will shape the next phase in Klarna’s global expansion. billion in July 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A robotics process automation (RPA) startup has just secured a $3 billion valuation as B2B FinTech continues to explore how the technology will disrupt the market. The funding, which also saw Accel participate, followed only a few months after the company raised $153 million, pulling UiPath’s valuation up to $1 billion.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Silicon Valley-based Chime has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round that sent its valuation soaring to $5.8 DST Global led the Chime’s previous funding round that closed in March, which valued the digital bank startup at about $1.5 billion, CNBC reported on Thursday (Dec. 5), citing sources. Chime’s account base is 6.5

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Stripe Eyes Funding Round That Could Put Valuation at $100B. The FinTech Stripe is considering a funding round that could value it as much as $100 billion, which would make it one of the most valuable venture-backed startups in the country. Plus, Walmart will begin fulfilling some orders at local stores.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Bird and Lime , the two electric scooter sharing startups, have been reducing the amount they are seeking to raise from investors amid rising competition and vandalism of their scooters. The Wall Street Journal , citing people familiar with the discussions, reported that Bird plans to take on more investors at a $2 billion valuation.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Uber , the ride-hailing startup gearing up to go public via an initial public offering (IPO), is reportedly seeking a valuation of between $80 billion and $90 billion and is getting a $500 million investment from PayPal. It is also closer to the $76 billion valuation it had after its latest round of funding.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Scooter rental startup Bird is working on a deal with Credit Suisse Group to go public, according to a report from Bloomberg. billion in valuation this year, with funding from companies like Sequoia, Accel and Index Ventures, among others. The discussions with Credit Suisse are so early as of Monday (Nov.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has invested in Argentinian mobile banking startup Uala, according to a report from Reuters. The startup’s Founder Pierpaolo Barbieri said the Chinese company would help Uala develop its app, among other things. The investment, he noted, will help to speed up Uala’s plans.

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MARCH 5, 2019

now has a valuation of $1.5 According to a report in CNBC , the San Francisco startup said the Series D round of venture funding was led by DST Global , as well as new investors Coatue, General Atlantic, ICONIQ Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. billion valuation, with DST leading the round. billion valuation.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. The deal would give SoFi a post-money valuation in excess of $8.65 V to file an initial public offering (IPO). . billion, with the goal of bringing FinTech businesses to public markets.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

China’s venture capitalists have started to take an interest in foreign startups in an attempt to find the next tech unicorn. This opens the door like never before to founders of foreign-bred startups with deep tech solutions that are serious about commercializing in the Chinese market.”. billion, $2.2 billion more than the US.

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Valuation experts point out that many projects, such as R&D, geographical expansion, investments in new capacities are naturally structured in stages which can be pursued or abandoned based on the results of the previous stage or after getting new information.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. The food delivery giant’s plans for an initial public offering (IPO) come as Airbnb Inc, Asana Inc., also plan to debut as public companies this year. Palantir Technologies Inc.,

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

And while investors targeted an accounts payable payments startup as well as another platform designed to help other startups understand their equity, a common theme this week was investment in risk mitigation capabilities. This startup connects founder and employees to a solution that can help them understand their equity.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron is gearing up to address a group of leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists in which he will urge them to invest in the country’s startups and will also call on them not to steal the best creations coming out of the country. investors will hear, a source told Reuters.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

European tech startups are getting a new source of funding thanks to a new $200 million investment from Japan-based SoftBank. In all, Mubadala has earmarked $400 million for investment in European startups, according to reports. based robotics startup. Startup Worries. Vision Fund. That means this year it raised $5.43

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Walmart -owned Indian eCommerce business Flipkart is planning to sell off a percentage of its digital payments division PhonePe in an effort to facilitate funding for expansion. . 3) that selling off a stake will give the startup “dedicated long-term capital to pursue our vision of providing financial inclusion to a billion Indians.”.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Venture capitalists are reportedly urging startup companies to curb their spending and hold on to more capital as concerns about the volatility in the stock market and the growth of the global economy are starting to worry them. Recently he has urged them to seek more cash now rather than later, even if it’s at less valuation.

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APRIL 2, 2019

Segment, a data collection startup that helps companies manage customer data, has raised $175 million in funding, according to a report by Bloomberg. The California-based company has a valuation of $1.5 Segment plans to use the new funding to hire more international workers. billion. “You

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JANUARY 20, 2017

Big news from German startup investment company Rocket Internet suggests it plans to come back strong in 2017. Rocket Internet just recently closed a new $1 billion venture fund it will use for investing in early-stage and growth internet startups.

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JULY 16, 2019

Indian hotel startup OYO, which is currently in 80 countries around the world, plans to expand into coworking spaces, according to a report by TechCrunch. OYO announced that it has acquired Innov8, a coworking startup that already has 200 workers and about 16 centers. It was acquired for $30 million. .

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JULY 21, 2019

Indian hospitality business OYO now has a valuation of $10 billion after its founder, Ritesh Agarwal, purchased $2 billion in shares from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. There are also plans to invest $300 million in the U.S. OYO is active in 800 cities in 80 countries, with more than 23,000 hotels in its portfolio.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Instacart, the retailers’ delivery service, raised $600 million in a fresh round of funding, giving it a valuation of $7.6 According to a report in Recode , the funding round was led by D1 Capital Partners, the hedge fund, and comes just six months after the startup closed on a $350 million round of investing.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Business credit card startup Brex has confirmed earlier reports of its pursuit of unicorn status. The funding, led by Greenoaks Capital, DST Global and IVP, will be used to enhance its existing feature set, with plans to launch a rewards program in the coming weeks. billion just a little over three months after launch.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Food software startup Olo, named after the phrase “online ordering,” has plans to file an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company, which is based in New York, is looking for a $1 billion valuation. Olo has been interviewing possible advisers since the end of last year.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5 The company has been focusing on core markets like Germany, France, Spain and Italy, and is planning to continue its expansion across the U.S.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Coinbase has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, giving the digital currency startup a post-money valuation of $1.6 During this same six-month period, the startup has also had a fourfold increase in new customers signing up for the platform. Following its new $1.6

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